5 Mar
2008
5 Mar
'08
16:08
On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 15:42 +0000, Richard (MQ) wrote: > >> Vincent Untz a écrit : > >> > >>> No, you vote twice: once for candidates that are not Novell employees > >>> and once for candidates that are Novell employees. So you wouldn't look > >>> at the 11th on the list. > >> so two lists, one filled by Novell and the other by volunteers. > > Seconded, though why should Novell put up more than 2 candidates for > their 2 places? In which case, 2 separate votes become irrelevant. I agree, and it's a good thing that Novell does *not* 'put up' these 2 candidates. > > I appreciate that they (Novell) want to retain control of a project that > they largely fund - this is not unreasonable - but if it turns out that > the board voting is consistently split along Novell / Community lines I > fear the Community members are unlikely to remain there very long. The 2 Novell Employees you are referring to will not be elected by Novell, but by the openSUSE Community[1]. There is a 5th member that will be selected by Novell but that's a different story and does not call for a discussion in this thread. > > For electing the two Community members : > > > Anyone who wants to be on the board should apply for it. It should not > > matter if you are working for Novell or not, but it should be made clear > > in the 'application'. > > Also, anyone can nominate anyone *else* as to be a board member. > - with their prior consent - > > It should then be made clear if that's a community member or a Novell > > employee. > > I would not expect Novell employees to stand unless selected by their > employer, so I don't think this is likely to be very relevant. The 2 positions open for Novell Employees will be elected by the openSUSE Community[1] so it's very relevant. > > I'm also assuming that the Chair is one of the 2 Novell placings, with a > casting vote in the event of ties. No, it is not. The 5th member is the 'Novell placing'. Cheers, Magnus [1] It is still to be decided who can vote but I chose to call it the 'openSUSE Community' in this mail to make it clear that it has nothing much to do with Novell. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org